Dover Grammar School for Girls

Dover Grammar School for Girls
Motto Optima tenete
(Hold on to the best things in life")
Established 1904 as Dover County School (with Dover Grammar School for Boys), and 1910 as Dover Girls Grammar School
Type Grammar School
Headteacher Robert Benson
Location Frith Road
Dover
Kent
CT16 2PZ
England
Local authority Kent
DfE URN 118806 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Female
Ages 11–18
Houses Stephen de Pencester, Queen Ethelburga, St Martin, Hubert de Burgh
Website www.dggs.kent.sch.uk

Dover Grammar School for Girls is a community grammar school for girls, aged between 11 and 18, and boys aged between 16 and 18, in Dover, England. The school has a range of subjects in the curriculum, as well as extra-curricular activities such as sports, art and drama clubs; the clubs run at lunchtimes and after-school.

History

It formed in 1904 as part of the Dover County School, and only later split into Boys' and Girls' Grammars in 1910 - DGGS still has close co-operation with the Boys' Grammar. The school's houses are Hubert de Burgh, St Martin, Queen Ethelburga, and Stephen de Pencester. The house names were chosen in a poll by the students in 1910 and have never changed.

Coordinates: 51°8′1″N 1°18′26″E / 51.13361°N 1.30722°E / 51.13361; 1.30722

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